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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1887-04-13

The Towns Of Dexter and corinna Astounded
A WONDERFUL STORY.

years ago Hartley b. Fisfera resident Of Conna Me-
spine After while he recovered that he could do some work. but
suffered great deal pain, and finally commenced to run down. taking
his bed lie consulted all the physicians his and
neghbong towns from distance who eminent III then
pfosson relief from their treatment and last April they
did not hesitate words that there not more than
chance hundred for him to be better His friends would
astonshed Of bis death day lie had spent
hundreds dollars medicine and and completely dis
outraged his relatives who had heard of the
by SarsIla, induced him
medicine He nearly distracted by splitting headache
which had been constantly him for MONTHS and was OF course
encouraged this headache all left him after he had taken two
The o able OF
hayng his field labor but to direct the
ton of his and has been constantly gaining to the present time
walk mile without Inconvenience choe about
do considerable light work. This result has
eight bottles Browns Sarsapna and Mr.
Fisher fully expects, little while longer be fully
health and strength This is true statement without emt
exaggeraton, given Mr. Fisher himself who is man
much Dexter and all the neigh.
bohood anyone wish know this they call
upon Fisher who will privilege to sound the
the medicine which he fully believes has saved his life The
he agreed that his trouble scona de
veloped the injury which he received i'll the woods
undersigned citizens of Dexter and Cornna, personally
Hartley b. Fisher and knew Of his sickness stated a
case-Josioh Crosby, Morrill, Sptu Iong SP"g" Henry L. Wood
Dexter-J Curtis KuoclS, H. " knorh, Seclectmen OF
Conna-Geo D.SteUard, Town Clerk of Corina,
Oct. 30, 1856.
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Extraordinary Announcement |

take this opportunity to say to the people of
Somerset County that still attending to trade and
that have the largest assortment of Iardware-ron,
Paints Oils Varnishes, Wheels, Spokes Rims, Nails
and Glass-that can be found East of Portland My
stock of goods never large and varied and will
guarantee to sell any thing in my line as low as it can
be bought in the STATE
have taken the Agency for the best Co1oRED
PAINT in the market the Queen Anne, manufactured
by Henry Woods & Sons Boston, and guaranteed to
have no superior Salem and John T. Louis Strictly
PURE LEADS 10y the pound or ton.
\. G. BLUNT TIE HARDWARE Man.
Agent for the "Oriental Milf Black Powder and
High Explosives. 2ml3
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1887-04-13
That Tired Feeling

That extreme tired feeling which Is so dis
tressing and often so unaccountable in the
spring months, is entirely overcome by Hoods
Sarsaparilla, which tones the whole body
purifies the blood, cures scrofula and all
humors, cures dyspepsia. creates an appetite
rouses the torpid liver, braces up the nerves,
and clears the mind We solicit comparison
of Hoods Sarsaparilla with any other blood
purifier in the market for purity, economy,
strength, and medicinal merit.
Tired all the Time
al had no appetite or strength, and felt
tired all the time. attributed my condition
to scrofulous humor. | had tried several
kinds of medicine without benefit. But as
soon AZ l had taken half bottle Of Hoods
Sarsaparilla, my appetite was restored and
my stomach felt better. l have now taken
nearly three bottles, and | never was so we'll
Mrs. JESSIE +. DoLREARE, PaScoag, X. /.
Mrs. c. W. Marriott, Lowell, Mass, WAS
completely cured Of sick headache, which She
had &c years, by Hoods Sarsaparilla
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1887-04-13

Last night. Barlow Bros. & Frost's
Ministries appeared at Opera House, to
standing room only, and well do they de-
serve it, as it is one of the best minstrel
companies in every respect that has every
respect that has ever visited our CITY,
Bdnqor Wig.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1887-04-13

ARE YOU MADE miserable by Indi
gestion, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of
Appetite, Yellow Skim Shiloh's Nitalizer
is a positive cure. Sold by II. w. Cush
Inu
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1887-04-13

pr, Chase'- piptheria Re>olvonts prepared
At the >orridgcwock Tea Store is hay ms u
great sale They are known 10 cure and pre-.
vent sore threats, piptheria, Coughs, Colds,
&c GIVE them trial, l!tt
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A Correction.
MAYFIELp Apr 9th 1887

MAiFIELD APP Ith 1851.
EDITOR or REPORTER
IS we have had no town meeting this
spring on account of the town loosing its
organization. We noticed that you had
printed the notice of our town meeting,
we ask you to correct it in your paper,
and save futhcr trouble.
A l.. FLANDERS Clerk of Maytleld.
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MAR r led
DIED.

Sknwhcgln Apt.0, isS7 by Rev. !. Frost,
Mr. a. II. Nohlc and Mis- May y. llarVille both
of Sknwhc2Iu.
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Everybody needs and should take a good
spring larGIcIHc. for two reasons
LIST, Tie body is now more susceptible 10
benefit from medicine than At any other season.
ID The impurities which have accumulated
In the blood should be expelled. and the SyS-
TEN given tone and strength. before the pros
traiing effects Of warm weather are felt.
Hoods SarSaparilla is the best Spring mcdl-
cine. 4 single trial will convince you Of It's
superiority, Take it before It is leo late.
The Best Spring Medicine
Il take Hoods SarSaparilh FOR spring
medicine, and flud it just the thing. fttoncs
up my system and makes me feel like differ
cnt man. My wife takes it for dyspepsia, and
she derives great benefit from it. She says t
is the hest medicine she ever took f. c.
TURNER, Hook * Ladder No. l. Boston, Mass.
Last spring | was troubled with huls,
caused by my blood being out of order. Two
bottles of Hoods SarSaparla cured me |
can recommend it to all troubled with ancc-
tons Of the blood j. SCHoCH, Peoria, Ill.
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NOTICE..

All persons proposing to teach in
the public schools of Bingham dur
ing the present year, must present
themselves ut the Village School
house, for examination, on Satur
day. April 30, lss1.
Per order of experimenting
School Committee. 3tl5
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18th 1887
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Trees-A. w. Day.
Solnn-School Com.
1,achcrs-School Com.
bingham School Com.
Ilnuse- Mrs. I. Snow.
Erps-C. w. Iiisoock.
hssingce VIM. Holhrook
Dyc Iluuse-Forest City.
Noticc-O. L. Blackden.
Crayons- II. L. Cushing
Coburn Hall-Minstrells
Farm Tor Sale II. Burrel
savings Bank-E. =. Page.
Opening- Mrs. ii. Bigaow.
Notire-Mrs p. A. Jewett
Dry Goods-W. II. Steward.
Feirnaught-O. w. Jewett.
Fishing-W. p. Goodwin y Co.
House for Sale-Elm St. Studio
Coburn IIall-Sol Smith Russell
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Observation-Disclosures.

The following intentions Of marriage
have been recorded by town clerk Webb
during the week past
April 4 A. II. Noble and Miss Mary
Elarvillc, both Of Skowhcgan.
April II. Joseph GARNER and Miss
Jane Cowett, both of Skowhcgan.
April ~ William A. Moore and Miss
Meta A. Barton, both of Skowhcgan.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1887-04-13

OF all tie Sarsaparillas, Bells is a
purely Name medicine. 1t is sold all ov-
er Maine, gives the best satisfaction, and
sold at half the price Of any other is SUI
pcrior to them all as a Blood, Stomach,
Liver or Kidney remedy Try and see
for YOURSELVES. lOnly 30 ctsl
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Assignee's Sale

Notice is hereby given that | shlll sell by
puhic Auction on The premises IN Madison ON
Friday the 29th day Of April Is. at ten Of the
clock in the forenoon all the estate, indy idun'
and partnership real mud personal in me vested
10 Assignee of y {. u. llo'hr"ok lusolVeut
debtors NJ. HoLBkpok,
Skowhegsn, Api L. -. 3wl5
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Teas : @effeees
T0BACC0s.

Try Our Quality and Quantity !
30 Cents per Pound.
4 Discount by the Box !
Full lines OF other kinds
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-08
Not Every Woman Would Have Seen
the Point
From the Buffalo Courier


A man having large business interests and
handsome income married lady who, ac-
custOmed all her previous life to the luxuries
of wealth, had never formed any clear con-
ception Of the value and purchasing power
of money. For some months every whim,
no matter how extravagant was promptly
gratifed by the indulgent husband, who al
ways gave his check for any amount of
money asked One day the bride of few
months, to carry out some caprice, requested
check for so large sum that the gentle
man was somewhat staggered thereby. He
saw that such prodigality, if persisted in,
meant ruin; but, not wishing to grieve his
wife by a downright refusal, he determined
to give her an object lesson in the financial
line. Accordingly, with smile of seeming
acquiescence, he remarked that the supply
of checks was exhausted, but he would send
up the money from the Office. About
noon the promised money came, not
in crisp $500 bills, as was expected, but in
sterling silver dollars the sum total filing
several specie bags. The wife was at first
vexed and then amused, and finally before
the afternoon wore away became deeply
thoughtful When her better half came
home to supper she took him gently by the
arm, and, leading him into the hall where
the ponderous bags Of specie were still stand
"My dear, is this the money asked you
for this morning n
sit is, my love, =" was the reply.
"And did you have to take this all in,
dollar by dollar, in the course Of your bust
ness ~ was the next question.
Eyes, my dear; il represents the results
of many weeks Of hard labor" he answered
gently.
"Well, them" she said with fearful eyes,
''send around a mar TO take it back to the
bank in the morning. l can't use so much
money for trivial purpose"
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thereafter the Sultan, followed by his in
terpreter, entered from the interior and
took his place in the rallied niche. Turning
his face in an opposite direction from his
visitor. according to custom, he threw his
sleeve over the railing as an indication of
his mighty presence. The interpreter,
speaking in French, said:
General, the Son of the Sun and the
Moon asks you to deliver to him the officer
who committed the sacrilege of abducting a
woman of his harem."
The General answered: "Mr Interpreter,
| pray you to present my sincere regrets to
his majesty that | cannot comply with his
request; firstly, because I have not the
power; and, secondly, because the officers
act is not crime according to our code of
law. The officer having violated the order
of my department in his interference with
the women of the country, will receive a Sc
we're punishment, but beyond that cannot
60"
Thereupon ensued conversation between
the Sultan and his interpreter, and the lat
ter soon spoke: General, the Son of the
Sun and the Moon desires to know if you
have decided"
This was uttered with an air of menace,
but the General calmly replied: II can only
repeat what have said, and, furthermore,
l pray that his majesty will cease his at
tempts to capture the officer in question"
After this another talk took place between
the two. at the conclusion of which the in
terpreter said: General, the Son of the
Sun and Moon informs you that he will re-
fer the matter to His Majesty the Emperor
of France"
The Sultan then took his leave, followed
by the interpreter, and the General returned
to his camp. A few days after French
frigate from the Crimea, carrying the mail
and having hospital convalescents on board,
crossed the Bosphorus. The General took
advantage of this chance and forced the
officer to embark He was escorted to the
vessel by several companies of infantry and
some cavalry. This escort remained at the
wharf until the departing frigrate was out
of sight This terminated the affair.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-08
A CELESTIAL SUNDAY SCHOOL.
How a Hymn Sounds When Trans
lated Into Laundry English.

How a Hymn Sounds When Trans
lated Into Laundry English.
There is no doubt about Chinese Sunday
school being an interesting place to visit.
There is one of them in Sixth avenue, con-
Quoted by the Baptists. A lMait and En-
-oTess reporter strolled in there recent
Sunday afternoon. There were about seven
ty-five pig-tailed Celestials seated demurely
side by side. The pupils listenened to the
proceedings with intlexible gravity and
sang with earnestness and considerable
melody A Sunday school hymn rendered
into laundry English is a rather curious
thing to hear. The first song they rendered
was the good old hymn, "Shall We Gather
at the River?" AS sung by the Mongolians
it sounded something like this:
Shall we glathel after livel,
Whale blight angel feet have tod,
With its clystle tide folevel
Flowing by the throne of Glod?
After that the teachers began their indi-
vidual labors with their Acknowledged pupils.
The raw recruits were first taught to read.
Those who had been there before received
instruction in the foundation of the Chris
tian religion. IL was hard work and the
teachers did not make progress rapidly. An
excellent and elderly lady, who has given
the best part of her life to this kind of work,
struggled with the Oriental density of Sam
Wing and Charley Lee, two Blocker street
Celestials. She was trying to teach them
the lesson of Divine forgiveness.
snow, Sam" she said, with an encour-
aging smile, ''what would you do if your
friend Charley should do yon great injury
come into your laundry, perhaps, and
throw dirt all over your clean clothesF'
81 cluttee his healt out, alice same Mclean
man. said Sam, promptly
"IVhat does grief spellF' said hard
working young woman, who was expound-
ing the mysteries of the English language to
Wun Lung and Wah Low.
''Gleef," said Wun, promptly.
'No. no. Like this said the teacher,
opening her mouth to show how the Caucau-
sian overcomes the troublesome ''r.n Wun
opened his mouth and took long breaths
breaths and labored hard, but the sound
wouldn't come and after a while the teacher
gave ND in despair and began to read the
Story of the Prodigal Son. explaining as she
went along. She followed the adventures Of
the prodieal with interest. They counld
understand most Of it, especially the refer
ence to the fatted calf, as the Chinese are
fond of roast veal. But when the teacher
made the final application a look Of blank
and unrelicyed stupidity overspread each
face. That was evidently too much for
them.
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Delicate Children. Nursing

Mothers, OveFworked Men, and for ell dis
eases where the tissues are wasting away
from the inability to digest ordinary food,
or from overwork Of the brain on body, all
such should take SCoTT's EMULSION of Pure
Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites ~
used the Emulsion on lady who was deli
cate and threatened with Bronchitis. IL put
her in such good health ard flesh that must
say il Is the best Emulsion l ever used. -
j.. p. WADDELL. M. D.. Hughs' Mills. s. G.
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ful. In the same DarrO0m Where DrSO got
my quarter 1 received it again. | was SO
elated that treated the house to champagne.
That night for the last time in my life 1
gambled at cards and won $4,000. / went
to Nevada soon after and began to
speculate in mines and in the course
of time | made what people call a bonanza
fortune c-s
A FATAL STROKE OF LUCK.
"The only other time that quarter ever
left me | lost the best friend / ever had.
He was schoolmate of mine in the little vii
lage in New Hampshire where we were both
born; we sat at the same desk and were
often whipped with the same rod. He, too,
got the gold fever, and getting together
what money he could he started for the far
West. Poor fellow, he never had any luck,
everything he touched failed, and when L
met him in Virginia City two years after
his arrival on the Pacific slope he was in as
hard luck as any man | ever saw. put him
in the way of making some money, but
everything he got he lost at faro One day
he heard me tell the story of my quarter,
and asked me to loan it to him to see if it would
change his luck. He promised not TO part
with the coin, so | granted his request. He
went to the game and put IS piece with
my quarter on it in the pot, that is, between
the ace, deuce, king and queen. He then
folded his arms and rested his head on them.
Turn after turn was made, yet he never
once looked up. AS card after card was
turned, murrnurs of surprise passed around
the table The men on each side of my
friend nudged him, but he never raised his
head The whole four cards won out, and
when the deal was over my friend had S1O-
752 piled up in the middle of the table The
dealer asked him to rake down his money
and let the new deal begin. Yet he never
moved. Some one, thinking he was drunk
and had gone to sleep, shook him roughly
by the shoulder Heavily he fell to the
floor. Every rough man there was shocked
to find him dead. The strain had been too
much for him, and his heart had stopped
beating. Later l cashed his chips and sent
them to his mother, who died thinking her
son had earned it by hard work l had to
pay the gambler 500 for my quarter, ard it
has never left me since.n
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LOVE III LIFE.

a., and love. If love IN life be ours.
5 1.T nd weeping ue'er were equal powers;
y. s,nii,.s through tears ere sweetest smiles
cf ALL
tho little tear that smiles confute,
~. Vue ~, late make lovers voices mute,
\: y, ever gathering surely saddens all.
,,,c littlr tear no smiles refute,
ss AZ. smiles Of joy all destitute,
S9t in tue hearts life surely sadden all.
!, ;s nor worth your weeping let it go.
Y e jts Tell me, dearest, is it sos
,aar love is richest when tbs all in al.
Ifs once mine now thine. is surelier mine,
love, if love be thine such love were thine:
death, if death be thine. that death were
,e,r love love is richest when It's oil in all.
''"' OSCAR FAY ADAMS.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-08

cured Rheumatism Scrofua Old Sores Skin Diseases
secret but preparation composed Of the Fluid Extracts of Pck
splendid combination powerful Tonic and builds up the syse
All who take P. P P gain flesh and strength rapidly 1t
who in a low state of health it has equal
Some remarkable have been made in Savannah with tn
National Republican., 1887-11-18
Does This Explain the Matter .

Considerable surprise has been expressed
at the idea that Mr.. Villas, the Postmaster
General should have been selected to sue
coed Mr.. Lamar, as 1t is said he has been,
when the latter is elevated to wear the
ermine of the Supreme Court.
Mr.. Villas is credited with desire ID ride
behind on a presidential ticket with Grover
Cleveland as the front name in 1888, and
the Postoillce Department, with its fifty
thousand postmasters In every village, city,
and at every cross roads, has been consid-
cred the best 'point of vantage from
which to secure the unbought and free suf-
frage OF the nominating delegate.
Mr.. Nilas's record as a civil service re-
former, It was not believed, would in any
way interfere with the use of the postmas.
ters to control conventions, and this caused
the astonishmcnt at the suggested change,
particularly as Commissioner Black, OF the
pension office, and Commissioner Sparks, OF
the land Objective of the strongest bureaus
OF the Interior Department for electioneer-
ing purposes-were both credited with pos.
ing for the second place on the ticket-the
latter upon his record as land reformer.
Very great astonishment was expressed
at the manner in which Gen. Sparks was SC
ostentstiously bounced from the land oillee,
with publicity aud in manner that was
evidently intended to be as offensive as
possible.
one of the explanations OF this remOva,
was that Mr.. Villas did not want Gen.
Sparks in the land Office when he became
Secretary Of the Interior, and that his sud.
den taking off was partly to crafty tn
prospective secretary.
Yesterday one OF the Democratic paper.
stated that the position Of land comnis,
sioner would not be filled until MIR. Villa
was installed as Secretary Of the Interior
when the choice Of the new commissioner
would be left to the new secretary. The
same paper stated that this choice would
fall upon Judge Bryant, now solicitor o.
the POstOllce Department, formerly clerk
OF the committee on public lands OF the
forty'seyenth Congress, when the Hon.
Thad, Pound was chairman of that com
mittee and Judge Bryant was Republican
IN full communion,
Under the decisions of Commissioner
Sparks the Northern Pacific railroad has
been deprived Of several million acres OF
very valuable lands, and yesterday, the day
after the commissioner was dismissed, suit
was entered by the Northern Pacific at st.
Paul, Mlnn., to try aud recover these
lands,
From st. Paul there came dispatch,
dated the 10th instant, stating that negoti-
National Republican., 1887-11-18
1ndIn in When, oomns,ltinn.

Prof. j. II. Dodge, statistlclan OF the agrl.
cultural department, has prepared. au
article on "India In wheat competition"
which should relieve the minds of our
American wheat growers as to all danger
from East India competition. Prof. Dodge
shows that instead OF there being a great
increase in the acreage OF wheat IN India,
that there has hardly been any perceptible
change in the last ten years; in fact not
more change than there is in so old a
country as France. The production OF
wheat, including both the British and
native provinces, does not amount to mora
than an average of 2j0,00O,O0O bushels,
most of which is needed In the country for
food.
Sir james Card, in accounting for the
increased exports from India, says that It
is composed Of the surplus crops OF several
years that had been pitted and reserved for
famine years, but has been exported owing
to better and cheaper facilities for trans
portation.
Prof. Dodge does not think that the In
creased railroad mileage In India, over
which so much talk has been made, has In
any way stimulated the production OF
wheat, and he says that under present con-
ditions this will not be done, and can only
occur by infusing Occidental progressive
ness into beings stepped In Oriental Inertia
from time immemorial.